EP0105136B1 - Cassette de ruban à encre et appareil d'impression utilisant celle-ci - Google Patents

Cassette de ruban à encre et appareil d'impression utilisant celle-ci Download PDF

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EP0105136B1
EP0105136B1 EP83107836A EP83107836A EP0105136B1 EP 0105136 B1 EP0105136 B1 EP 0105136B1 EP 83107836 A EP83107836 A EP 83107836A EP 83107836 A EP83107836 A EP 83107836A EP 0105136 B1 EP0105136 B1 EP 0105136B1
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Francis Walter Bogaczyk
Richard Cecil Croll
Billy D. Purcell
Edward Earl Toutant
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J32/00—Ink-ribbon cartridges

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  • This invention relates to printers with high ribbon usage. More specifically, it relates to a ribbon feed and ribbon drive apparatus for such printers having movable carriers.
  • the problem presented by such fragile ribbons is how to maintain a constant uniform tension required for good printing and tracking, i.e., maintaining ribbon in a relatively taut condition in the printing area while at the same time driving the ribbon without substantially distorting or breaking the highly distortable fragile ribbon.
  • peripheral take-up reel drives may be utilized to optimize ribbon utilization since such peripheral drives maintain a constant take-up velocity irrespective of the constantly increasing diameter of the take-up reel.
  • peripheral drives by their very nature consume room on the periphery of the take-up reel thereby consuming valuable space which could otherwise be used to store more ribbon in the unit.
  • the ribbon cartridge structure of the present invention provides an apparatus having a combination of all of the above advantageous characteristics.
  • the present invention utilizes supply and take-up reels in combination with a stuffer box structure disposed along the path of the ribbon between the supply and take-up reels.
  • the stuffer box is used as a ribbon reservoir to compensate for differences in the peripheral speeds of the ribbon reels thereby eliminating the need for a clutch.
  • the present invention provides a ribbon cartridge accommodating a large ribbon supply with the capability of maintaining a constant feed rate and ribbon tension in the printing area irrespective of changes in the peripheral speed of the ribbon portion on the take-up reel resulting from variation in diameter of the ribbon on that take-up reel.
  • the present ribbon cartridge has a housing, with take-up and supply reels mounted in the housing, each reel supporting a portion of the ribbon web which runs in a path from the supply reel to the take-up reel traversing the printing position of the printer.
  • the ribbon stuffer box is disposed along the path of ribbon between the supply and take-up reels whereby ribbon running between these reels passes through the stuffer box. This stuffer box serves as a reservoir to compensate for changes in the peripheral speed of the two reels.
  • Cartridge housing 10 is seated on and engages a pair of shafts 11 and 12 in the ribbon drive mechanism of the printer. This is best illustrated in Fig. 3.
  • a suitable drive means in the printer such as stepper motor 13 rotates shaft 11 and through a belt 16 also rotates shaft 12.
  • a selected rotational speed differential is provided between shafts 11 and 12 through the relative diameters of pulleys 14 and 15.
  • cartridge 10 is so received and positioned when received with respect to the printer that drive shafts 11 and 12 of the printer shafts 17 and 18 in the cartridge.
  • the respective couplings between shafts 11 and 17 and 12 and 18 may be any conventional coupling mechanism.
  • Supply reel 19 contains the ribbon supply 20.
  • Supply reel 19 is mounted on shaft 17 so as to be freely rotatable about this shaft.
  • take-up reel 21 is affixed to shaft 17 whereby the rotation of driven shaft 17 also rotates take-up ribbon portion 22 on take-up reel 21.
  • Ribbon 24 in moving from supply portion 20 to take-up portion 22 follows a path which takes it past print point 23 where a printhead mechanism 25 shown in a generalized diagrammatic form drives ribbon 24 against the document 26 to be printed upon.
  • Printhead 25 may be any conventional printer head such as a wire matrix printhead or it may be an impact printer printhead such as a missile or hammer in which case the missile or hammer would have to be used in combination with a conventional daisy wheel type of printwheel containing the characters to be printed.
  • Ribbon supply is metered off supply reel 19 by mating capstan roller 27 and idler roller 28.
  • Capstan roller 27 is affixed to shaft 18 which is driven by stepper motor 13 via pulleys 14 and 15, belt 16 and shaft 12.
  • Gear paths 29 and 30 act to rotate idler 28 together with capstan 27.
  • the combination of capstan 27 and idler 28 act to draw ribbon 24 from supply portion 20 on reel 19. As the ribbon is taken off supply portion 20, it passes over pawl 31 which is spring loaded by means not shown so as to be biased in a counterclockwise direction about pivot 32.
  • shaft 17 is rotated as described. This in turn rotates the take-up ribbon portion 22 which in turn draws the ribbon from reservoir 36 over ridge 40.
  • the separation fingers 41, 42 and 43 around which the ribbon passes form expansion cavities each having a narrow space with the rear wall 44 of cartridge housing 10 thus causing singular webs of ribbon 24 to pass through this narrow space and ensure that the ribbon drawn from stuffer box 36 is free of fold.
  • shaft 17 to which take-up reel 21 is affixed is rotated at a constant speed.
  • the speed at which ribbon is taken-up on take-up portion 22 of take-up reel 21 will vary with the diameter of the take-up ribbon portion 22.
  • the speed of the ribbon being taken-up will be relatively low.
  • the peripheral speed of ribbon portion 22 and consequently the take-up speed of the ribbon will increase.

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Claims (9)

1. Une cartouche de ruban comprenant un boîtier (10) et des première et seconde bobines (19, 21) montées à rotation dans ledit boîtier, chaque bobine portant une partie d'une bande de ruban (24) entraîné sur un chemin d'une bobine à l'autre, caractérisée en ce qu'elle comprend une boite de bourrage de ruban (36) disposée sur le chemin dudit ruban entre lesdites première et seconde bobines, suivi par ladite bande de ruban entre lesdites bobines au travers de ladite boite de bourrage.
2. La cartouche de ruban de la revendication 1 dans laquelle lesdites première et seconde bobines (19, 21) sont montées sur le même moyeu (17).
3. La cartouche de ruban de la revendication 2 dans laquelle ladite première bobine (19) est la bobine d'alimentation de ruban et est montée à rotation sur ledit moyeu (17).
4. La cartouche de ruben de la revendication 3 dans laquelle ladite seconde bobine (21) est la bobine de réception de ruban et est fixée audit moyeu (17) et ledit moyeu est rotatif.
5. La cartouche de ruban de la revendication 4 comprenant en outre des moyens de mesure de ruban (27, 28, 31) pour tirer le ruban de ladite bobine d'alimentation de ruban (19) et maintenir une tension constante de la partie du ruban déroulé entre la bobine d'alimentation (19) et ladite boite de bourrage (36).
6. La cartouche de ruban de la revendication 5 dans laquelle lesdits moyens de mesure de ruban comprennent des cabestans (27, 28) pour entraîner le ruban dans ladite boite de bourrage (36).
7. La cartouche de ruban de l'une quelconque des revendications 3 à 6 dans laquelle ladite boite de bourrage (36) s'étend du niveau de ladite bobine d'alimentation (19) au niveau de ladite bobine de réception (21).
8. Dispositif d'impression à utiliser avec une cartouche du type défini par la revendication 6 ou 7, caractérisé en ce qu'il comprend des moyens (12, 13, 14, 15, 16) pour entraîner lesdits moyens de mesure de ruban, et des moyens (11, 13) pour entraîner ledit moyeu (7) en rotation, ce qui permet à ladite bobine de réception (21) de tirer ledit ruban (24) de ladite boite de bourrage (36).
9. Le dispositif de la revendication 8 comprenant en outre un galet rotatif (45) en contact avec la périphérie du ruban enroulé sur ladite bobine de réception (21) et des moyens (46) pour rappeler souplement ledit galet contre ladite périphérie, ce qui permet au ruban de s'enrouler sur ladite bobine de réception avec la tension minimale.
EP83107836A 1982-10-04 1983-08-09 Cassette de ruban à encre et appareil d'impression utilisant celle-ci Expired EP0105136B1 (fr)

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US06/432,585 US4467976A (en) 1982-10-04 1982-10-04 Ribbon cartridge comprising a stuffer box intermediate a supply reel and take-up reel
US432585 1982-10-04

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EP0105136A3 EP0105136A3 (en) 1984-10-24
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JPS5970598A (ja) 1984-04-21
DE3363759D1 (en) 1986-07-03
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